Restoration Work

The remaining hole you can see on the side could be repaired at a later date. And was not on the rebuild list of jobs

The list of repaired parts is a long one, but it works a treat

Wind that knob clockwise it turns the pinion and travels towards the lens

Like so.. Now just lift the far left part up towards the top of the carriage part,
then close the curved part.

Ends up like this. There are some well made, and well thought out catches too.

The catch that holds it all open, also works to hold it all closed. Very well engineered

Here's the back corner,
I didn't fill the damaged wood, just glued the splits and realigned them as best as possible, with the clean and polish it looks as naturally looked after as it should after 155 years.